Firefighters were called in to put out a chimney fire in the Beverston area at around 8pm, last night (Saturday, February  15.

One fire appliance from Tetbury community fire station attended with a crew of five fire fighters.

The crew used chimney rods and a thermal image camera to look into the chimney.

The firefighters spent a total of fifty five minutes at the incident.

Due to increased popularity of solid fuel heating, Gloucestershire Fire & Rescue Service attends a significant number of chimney fires every year.

  For  chimney safety advice visit http://www.glosfire.gov.uk/ysafety_h_chimney.html